Britains oldest working television

Britains oldest working television up for auction.

Very cool. Now let's guess who will buy it.

I'll guess Sir Richard Branson

In Great Britain, televisions are a lot older than ours. We've only been a country for what, 235 years? Our old televisions are nothing in comparison to Great Britain's old televisions!

infinite monkey;721222 wrote:

Our old televisions are nothing in comparison to Great Britain's old televisions!

Not yet offered for auction is George Washington's telly.

tw;721239 wrote:

Not yet offered for auction is George Washington's telly.

Ahhh yes, made entirely of wood, wasn't it? The TV was hard enough to move around, but the wooden cable was a real bear, or so the legend goes.

tw;721239 wrote:

Not yet offered for auction is George Washington's telly.

I'm sure you can find an auction featuring a TV from the CVN-73...

That TV looks awesome!!!!

I wonder who bought it,they didnt update the article......


What kind of TV is that??? It does not look like a CRT!

I'm not 100% sure but I think that early TVs had an upward facing CRT showing the picture in reverse and a mirror in the open lid displaying everything the right way round.
It might have been a somewhat more sophisticated method, ie using optics of one sort or another, but you get the drift.
Early CRTs were very long devices and would have been difficult to accommodate horizontally.

Pretty dang cool.

Carruthers;981821 wrote:

I'm not 100% sure but I think that early TVs had an upward facing CRT showing the picture in reverse and a mirror in the open lid displaying everything the right way round.

This was the blueprint for later projection TVs.

I just discovered it sold at auction for $27,000+

MZTV in Toronto was the buyer.

Wow 27k!!

Won't receive a picture. Doesn't have a digital tuner.

Gravdigr;981874 wrote:

Won't receive a picture. Doesn't have a digital tuner.

...and it would have only worked on the original 405 line standard in VHF Band 1 both of which were abandoned decades ago.

Apart from that, it's perfect in every respect. ;)

MZTV wanted it for display in the museum.

Very nice...... I wonder if they would ever let it go? (If someone offered them enough $$$$$$)

Who would let it go? The museum?

Ya if someone came along and offered 50k or example.......

I highly doubt it, but you're welcome to try.

Hehe I dont have that kynda $$$$$ unfortunetly..........